Director Reveals Netflix’s Algorithm Rejected a Pitch for a Heath Ledger Comedy Sequel: ‘It’s the Strangest Thing’

While many sequel scripts have been scrapped in Hollywood, it seems thatBrian Helgeland’s attempts to deliver a follow-up to the Heath Ledger movieA Knight’s Talewas scuppered by a Netflix algorithm. In a new interview with the filmmaker, he explained that he had been keen to do a sequel to the medieval comedy but, despite continuing to be a popular choice among film lovers, his pitch toNetflixwas denied on the basis that their algorithm didn’t think there was enough interest in it....

July 10, 2025 · 3 min · 520 words · George Joyce

Doctor Strange Review: Marvel Obliterates All Expectations

Doctor Strangewill obliterate your expectations. It is an enormously entertaining film; a rousing cinematic adventure loaded with stunning visual effects. It never gets bogged down by melodrama. Or over reliant on CGI bells and whistles to make up for plot shortcomings. Director Scott Derrickson has crafted a beauty. The action, humor, and pacing had me transfixed from the opening scene.Marvel Studiosraises its own bar with another extraordinary installment. Benedict Cumberbatch stars asDoctor Stephen Strange, a brilliant but arrogant New York City neurosurgeon....

July 10, 2025 · 3 min · 465 words · Terry Reilly

Family Guy Actor Will Exit Cleveland Role for Racial Equality

Family Guyvoice actor Mike Henry will no longer be providing the voice of Cleveland. The actor made the announcement on social media this afternoon. Henry is white and Cleveland is an African American character on the long-running animated series. Henry has voiced the fan-favorite character on the show since the beginning, going all the way back to 1999. In addition to Cleveland, he also voices Cleveland Brown, Jr. and Consuela, the Latina maid....

July 10, 2025 · 3 min · 460 words · Courtney Johnson

Family Guy Star Says His Mother Tried to Get the Show Cancelled

Over its 25-year run, many, many groups have tried to get Seth MacFarlane’sFamily Guycanceled. It turns out, a major cast member’s mother was one of those parties. The series first aired in 1999, arriving shortly after the similarly controversialSouth Parkdebuted in 1997. Among its many stars, including MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Gary Cole, and Jennifer Tilly, it was actuallyPatrick Warburton(famous for playing The Tick, and also Puddy in Seinfeld) whose family member tried to kill the show....

July 10, 2025 · 3 min · 538 words · Brent Park

Fear the Walking Dead Season 6 Premiere Recap & Review: No More Mr. Nice Morgan

Fear the Walking Deadreturns with a red-eyed, gangrene-infected Morgan (Lennie James) on the run. The season six premiere marks a change of philosophy for our hero. “The End Is The Beginning” introduces Morgan to several new characters. They force him to examine his passive, do no harm mantra. The character that emerges is the ass-kicking, take no prisoners, apocalypse warrior thatTWDfans have been begging to see. ThisFear the Walking Deadepisode opens with the sun glaring in the sky....

July 10, 2025 · 9 min · 1797 words · Renee Davis

First Bloodshot Footage Blows Vin Diesel's Face Off, Full Trailer Coming Monday

Having successfully launched theRiddick,XxXandFast and Furiousfranchises, Vin Diesel is ready to get into the world of comic books withBloodshot, which will bring the Valiant universe to the big screen for the first time. It was announced last week that the firstBloodshottrailer will be arriving in theaters withTerminator: Dark Fate. Now we have confirmation that this sneak peek will be online sometime tomorrow. Today, we get a short, sweet taste of what that will look like....

July 10, 2025 · 2 min · 387 words · Julie Weber

Green Lantern Corps. Targets Ryan Reynolds, Tom Cruise & Bradley Cooper?

Warner Bros. is continuing to be very bullish about their plans for the DC Extended Universe. Despite the very mixed response to bothBatman V Superman: Dawn of JusticeandSuicide Squad, the studio is continuing to press ahead with their slate and even expand it, in some regards. They are officially moving ahead withGreen Lantern Corps.and it looks like the casting process is underway. Shockingly, it looks likeRyan Reynoldsis in the mix....

July 10, 2025 · 4 min · 690 words · Benjamin Ashley

House of Cards Season 6 Brings in American Crime Story Star

Actor Cody Fern (War Horse,The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story) joins Golden Globe winner and Emmy Award nominee Robin Wright, as well as Diane Lane and Greg Kinnear, Michael Kelly, Jayne Atkinson, Patricia Clarkson, Constance Zimmer, Derek Cecil, Campbell Scott and Boris McGiver in the upcoming sixth and final season ofHouse of Cards. The landmark seriesHouse of Cards, from the studio MRC (the studio also behind the hit Netflix seriesOzark), the first original series produced for Netflix, began production today....

July 10, 2025 · 3 min · 503 words · Michael Poole

Hulk Confirmed for Captain America: Civil War?

When production started onCaptain America: Civil Warlast May,Marvelreleased acast listthat confirmed almost all of the heroes fromAvengers: Age of Ultronare appearing in the firstPhase Threemovie. There were two notable exclusions, though,Chris Hemsworth’s Thor andMark Ruffalo’s Hulk, who will be teaming up inThor: Ragnarok. While there had been rumors during the production that Hulk actually does appear in the film, we never got confirmation of his appearance. During an interview onBBC Radio 1’s Movie’s With Ali Plumb podcast,Anthony Mackierevealed that he has seen the movie, where he praisedMark Ruffalo’s performance, and teased that it may be good enough to be nominated for Best Picture....

July 10, 2025 · 3 min · 501 words · Jennifer Elliott

Jaeger Vs. Jaeger in New Pacific Rim 2 Footage from Tokyo Comic-Con

Some brand new, action-packed footage fromPacific Rim 2has arrived online. Legendary Pictures has released a featurette with a ton of new behind-the-scenes moments, in addition to bits of telling new scenes from the highly-anticipated sequel. We get to see some of the newKaijuset to threaten Earth inPacific Rim 2, in addition to the revelation that Jaegers are going to be squaring off with one another in the movie. “Join Pacific Rim Uprising stars John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Rinko Kikuchi, Cailee Spaeny and director Steven S....

July 10, 2025 · 3 min · 460 words · Michelle Weaver

James Gunn Says Goodbye to the Guardians of the Galaxy Series

James Gunnis set to conclude his decade-long stint with Marvel withGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, the third and final entry in theGuardiansseries. Gunn has been involved with Marvel since 2014 whenGuardians of the Galaxypremiered to thunderous acclaim and impressive box-office results. In the subsequent years Gunn’s journey has seen many ups and downs. Marvel fired Gunnin 2018 over some insensitive jokes that he made years ago. Even though Gunn promptly apologized, it looked like the end of the road for him....

July 10, 2025 · 4 min · 643 words · Elizabeth Pearson

Jason Statham's Best Villain Role Came in 2004's Cellular

Quick Links AfterJason Stathammade his memorable screen acting debut in Guy Ritchie’s 1998 black comedy crime filmLock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, followed byRitchie’s 2000 crime filmSnatch, the actor received his breakthrough starring role as criminal courier driver Frank Martin in the 2002 action filmThe Transporter, which established Statham as an actor who possesses an inherent sense of danger and mystery. While these characteristics have led Statham to play countless morally ambiguous characters over the past 20 years,he has only played a handful of purely villainous roles throughout his career, beginning with his performance as an especially nasty drug dealer in the forgotten 2000 thriller filmTurn It Up....

July 10, 2025 · 5 min · 1014 words · Desiree Hughes

Jaws Poster Is Stunningly Recreated with Real-Life Great White Shark

It’s taken 44 years to get here, but someone has finally recreated the iconic poster fromJawsusing a real-life great white shark. And the results are absolutely stunning. The image was captured by Euan Rannachan off the west coast of Mexico. Rannachan is renown for capturing breathtaking images of these giant beasts out in the wild. This 17ft predator is actually named Squirrel, a female caught rocketing to the water’s surface, though there is no unsuspecting female prey looming overhead....

July 10, 2025 · 3 min · 469 words · Dana Carroll